Showing posts with label Space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Space. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Mouse on Mars?! .. mysterious Photos of NASA spark controversy on the Internet!


Life on Mars Idea always sparked  the fantasy writers and novelists, but this idea looks weak from day-to-day, especially after sending several vehicles to the surface of the Red Planet. If there is a life, NASA announced it!

But can we really rely only on NASA in such these issues?!

One of those who think that there's a Life in the outer space keeps track of the thousands of images published by NASA spacecraft Chriossite, until he found this strange picture:



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Friday, July 13, 2012

Valles Marineris, The Largest Canyon In The Solar System

The largest canyon in the solar system, a broad band crossing the disc of Mars. This huge valley called Valles Marineris , has a length of more than 4,000 kilometers , its width reaches 200 kilometers, and the depth of - 7 km.

For comparison, the Earth's Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA has a length of 800 kilometers, 30 kilometers wide and the depth of 1.8 kilometer

Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA

The origin of Valles Marineris remains unknown, although the most likely hypothesis is that it was formed as a crack billions of years ago when the planet cooled.




Recently it was discovered that the canyon continues some geological processes.

The network of canyons is divided into several areas. At the west end area is called the Labyrinth of Night, to the east - and Io Teton Canyon, followed by Milas and Ophir, another east - Koprat, Ganges, Eos and Capri, then start the destroyed areas of relief, called the chaos that end in the plain of Chryse.



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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Olympus - The Highest Mountain In The Solar System

Olympus (lat. Olympus Mons) - an extinct volcano on Mars, the tallest mountain in the solar system. Before the spacecraft  flight (which showed that the Olympus - the mountain), this place was known to astronomers as Nix Olympica («Snows of Olympus" - due to a higher albedo).

The height of the Mount Olympus reaches  27 miles to its base and 25 km to the average level of the surface of Mars. This is several times higher than the highest mountains on Earth. Olympus extends for 540 km wide and has steep slopes at the edges up to 7 km. The reasons for the formation of these giant cliffs have not yet found a convincing explanation.



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